Chapter 256: Irish and Welsh Allied Forces
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"Good night, Emma." William stroked her brown hair, kissed her forehead, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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The next day, William and Emma separated after sobering up, and did not say anything more, but chose to hide the matter in their hearts and not say it.
"Maybe Emma regretted her impulsiveness too." William couldn't help but think to himself.
William is already married, and the object is the princess Uraca of Castil, Spain, who is six years younger than him and only eight years old, so his relationship with Emma is destined not to be exposed, and can only be hidden in each other's hearts.
When they reappeared in front of everyone, no one could see that they had any unusual relationship, at most they just felt that the relationship between the two seemed to be a lot closer.
"Steward Osborne, do you have something to say about you calling you here today?" William sat at the top of the hall of the Duke's Palace, looked at Steward Osborne and asked.
"Yes, Young Master William, there is indeed a very urgent military situation for you to discuss with your lords." Steward Osborne stood up, looked at William and the noble generals sitting around him, paused in his tone, and said, "Young Master William, there have been unexpected changes in the battlefield of Brittany. ”
"This is impossible, Count Rodrigo and his Second Legion are second only to the First Legion, and with the assistance of the Knights of Enman and Moltan, their strength is more than 17,000 men, three times the strength of the two rebellious counts.
It stands to reason that the situation on the battlefield in Brittany is unlikely to change. Count Richard stood up excitedly, shook his head, looked at Steward Osborne, and said.
"Count Richard, don't be impatient, please sit down first, we will listen to Steward Osborne finish speaking, and when he has finished explaining the information, we will comment." William, who was sitting at the top, was not affected by the news, he turned to Count Richard and waved his hand, and persuaded him.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness William, ladies and gentlemen, I lost my temper." The Earl of Richard was not a stubborn man, and when he realized his faux pas, he did not hesitate to bow down and apologize to William and the others.
"It's okay, we won't mind, please sit down first." William stretched out his right hand, invited the Earl of Richard to sit down, and then looked at the official Osborne and said:
"Go on, Steward Osborne."
"Yes, Master William. Shortly after you ended the war with the Duchy of Flanders, the Earls of Leon and Count Koneff brought in 20,000 troops from Ireland and Wales. Steward Osborne replied truthfully.
"Wales and Ireland have only a few scattered small principalities, and there is no unified state at all, how did they come up with the idea of invading my Normandy, don't they know that my Normandy defeated Henry I, the most powerful king of France in Western Europe, at this time? Why did they dare to pick up the tiger's whiskers at this time? William was puzzled by this information, and he wondered why the princely states of Ireland and Wales had any reason to be hostile to Normandy.
"Returning to Master William's words, the army involved in the attack was mainly composed of four parties, including the Welsh coalition of 12,000 men formed by Maledus, Duke of De Gebath and Bridon, Duke of Gwynness, and Cardugan, Earl of Gramorgan, Earl of Independence, and more than 9,000 Irish allied troops formed by Ed, Duke of Connaught in the north of Ireland and Muerchid, Duke of Munster in the south, with a combined strength of more than 21,000 people." Steward Osborne first briefed William and the nobles on the situation of the enemy he was facing, and after receiving a nod from William, he continued:
"The reason why the princes of Ireland and Wales united to rescue the rebellious counts of the two Duchy of Brittany is to organize you, Young Master William, to unify the Duchy of Brittany."
"Hmph, I'm in Normandy to unite the Duchy of Brittany, what do they have to do with this?" William snorted, slammed the back of the chair with his right hand, burst into a foul mouth, and said with hatred.
"There's a reason for that, Master William." Steward Osborne continued:
"In addition to the original peoples of France (Gauls), the Bretons also have descendants of the Celts, who originally crossed the sea from England, and their number is about 300,000, accounting for more than half of the total population of the Duchy of Brittany.
About 300,000 Bretons still speak dialects derived from regional native languages, which are close to the Irish and Welsh languages spoken in Britain.
The Bretons, the Welsh and the Irish were actually all part of the Celtic people, and they all shared a common language, the ancient Celtic language and script, and the same culture.
Therefore, Brittany's culture has an inseparable "English blood", which is why Brittany was once named "Little Britain", and this is the origin of England's name "Great Britain". As a result of this relationship, Brittany has always been entangled with the Celts and Britons.
It is for this reason, out of fear of the death of my lips and teeth, out of fear and wariness of my Normans, that the princely forces of Ireland and Wales and the Principality of Wales have united against our Normandy and want to prevent our complete domination of the Duchy of Brittany. ”
"Since these people want war, then I will give them war! All those who dared to provoke the majesty of the Normans were guilty of unforgivable sins, marched to Brittany, and killed them. William stood up and looked at the nobles in front of him and said in a loud voice.
"March to Brittany and kill them!"
"Oh! Kill them, kill the Irish, kill the Welsh. ”
"Long live Lord William, long live!"
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The nobles in the hall were infected by William's impassioned words, and they all raised their fists and cheered loudly.
When the cheers on the field gradually dissipated, William looked at Hubert and other generals and ordered: "I will not take all the troops with me this time to march into Brittany. In order to guard against Henry I, the First Legion of the Earl of Hubert remained, and I would lead the Faller and the Guards Brigade, Andrew and the Third Legion, Jeanne. Morality. Duck and the Knights of Rouen-Örburg went to their aid, and with these reinforcements, it was enough to defeat the other side. ”
When the names of Hubert and the others were mentioned, there was no disagreement among the crowd, but when William said that Jenny. Morality. When Duck became the commander of the first army, the nobles were in an uproar, they really did not expect that William would arrange an unknown knight from a peasant girl to be the commander of the army, which made them very unconvinced, and they all looked sideways at Jenny.